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PENSION RISK TRANSFER INDEX ™

November 2011 PRT Index Level

86.45 120

Plan/Monitor Opportunistic Settlement Attractive

Sept 2010: PRT Index =82.7

Jan 2009: PRT Index =121.4

80 95 105

Annuitization Attractiveness

110.6 121.4

91.5 90.0

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Annual PRT Index PRT Index

What is the Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Index ™ ? The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index ™ has been designed to create a monthly benchmark that tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing accrued pension obligations by considering three key underlying financial ratios Funded Status Level (50% Index Weight) Current /Historical Annuity Rates (30% Index Weight) Annuity Rates vs. Treasury and Corporate Bonds (20% Index Weight)

Commentary: Lower annuity rates and spreads drove index lower despite gains in pension funding levels. The current annuity rate proxy of 3.36% marks a new low, despite currently wide annuity spread levels. Annuities remain attractive for frozen plans with short investment horizons and/or reduced asset return assumptions

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Effective 11/1/2011

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Monthly PRT Index PRT INDEX